House roll call 437 · 51st Congress · Dec 11, 1890
To order a call of the house, motion made during consideration of bill, H.R. 81, providing for the relief of purchasers and other grantees of the U.S. Of certai
On Dec 11, 1890, the House voted 69–72 (HR 81). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–33, Democrats 30–39. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 69
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 209
- Date
- Dec 11, 1890
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 39 no · 98 didn’t vote
- Republicans39 yes · 33 no · 110 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Edward Cobb D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR voted yes
- John Henry Rogers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel West Peel D-AR voted yes
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA voted yes
- Marion Biggs D-CA voted yes
- Robert Bullock D-FL voted yes
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA voted yes
- Daniel Kerr R-IA voted no
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA voted no
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA voted no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL voted no
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL voted no
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL voted no
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL voted no
- Edward Lane D-IL voted yes
- William St. John Forman D-IL voted yes
- James Robert Williams D-IL voted yes
- George Washington Smith R-IL voted no
- Harrison Kelley R-KS voted no
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY voted no
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA voted yes
- Andrew Price D-LA voted yes
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA voted yes
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA voted yes
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA voted no
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- John Lind R-MN voted no
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO voted yes
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO voted yes
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO voted no
- William Henry Wade R-MO voted no
- Clarke Lewis D-MS voted yes
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS voted yes
- John Steele Henderson D-NC voted yes
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ voted no
- James Buchanan R-NJ voted no
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY voted yes
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY voted yes
- John Quinn D-NY voted yes
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY voted yes
- John Raines R-NY voted no
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH voted no
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH voted no
- William Craig Cooper R-OH voted no
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH voted no
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH voted no
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA voted no
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA voted no
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA voted no
- Edward Scull R-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI voted no
- William Henry Crain D-TX voted yes
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX voted yes
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Edward Cobb D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D-AR
- Thomas Chipman Mcrae D-AR
- John Henry Rogers D-AR
- Samuel West Peel D-AR
- Thomas J. Geary D-CA
- Marion Biggs D-CA
- Joseph Mckenna R-CA
- William W. Morrow R-CA
- William Vandever R-CA
- Hosea Townsend R-CO
- Charles Addison Russell R-CT
- Robert Bullock D-FL
- Walter Ingalls Hayes D-IA
- John Fletcher Lacey R-IA
- Edward Retilla Hays R-IA
- Willis Sweet R-ID
- George Everett Adams R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Edward Lane D-IL
- William St. John Forman D-IL
- James Robert Williams D-IL
- Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R-IN
- Edmund Needham Morrill R-KS
- Erastus Johnson Turner R-KS
- Theodore Stark Wilkinson D-LA
- Hamilton Dudley Coleman R-LA
- Andrew Price D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Charles Jahleal Boatner D-LA
- Samuel Matthews Robertson D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks R-MA
- Henry Stockbridge Jr. R-MD
- Louis Emory Mccomas R-MD
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken R-ME
- Edward Payson Allen R-MI
- Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson R-MI
- Darwin Scott Hall R-MN
- Samuel Prather Snider R-MN
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D-MO
- John Taddeus Heard D-MO
- Clarke Lewis D-MS
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale D-MS
- Thomas Henry Carter R-MT
- John Steele Henderson D-NC
- Gilbert Lafayette Laws R-NE
- William Copeland Wallace R-NY
- Charles Henry Turner D-NY
- Amos Jay Cummings D-NY
- John Quinn D-NY
- John Henry Moffitt R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- John Sigsbee Pindar D-NY
- James Jerome Belden R-NY
- Milton De Lano R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Charles Simeon Baker R-NY
- Albert Clifton Thompson R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- John Edgar Reyburn R-PA
- John Alfred Pickler R-SD
- William Henry Crain D-TX
- Littleton Wilde Moore D-TX
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette R-WI
- Clarence Don Clark R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Thomas Wingfield Grimes D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Henry Hull Carlton D-GA
- Daniel Kerr R-IA
- Joseph Rea Reed R-IA
- Isaac S. Struble R-IA
- Frank Lawler D-IL
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins R-IL
- Charles Augustus Hill R-IL
- Philip Sidney Post R-IL
- Jonathan Harvey Rowell R-IL
- George Washington Smith R-IL
- William Fletcher Parrett D-IN
- John Henry O'Neall D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D-IN
- Augustus Newton Martin D-IN
- Charles A. O. Mcclellan D-IN
- Harrison Kelley R-KS
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight D-KY
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery D-KY
- W. W. (William Worth) Dickerson D-KY
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D-KY
- James Bennett Mccreary D-KY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter D-KY
- Hugh Franklin Finley R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge R-MA
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- John Lind R-MN
- William Medcalf Kinsey R-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- William Henry Wade R-MO
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Thomas Gregory Skinner D-NC
- Christopher Augustus Bergen R-NJ
- James Buchanan R-NJ
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D-NJ
- William Mcadoo D-NJ
- James Way Covert D-NY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker D-NY
- John Raines R-NY
- Elihu Stephen Williams R-OH
- Melvin Morella Boothman R-OH
- William Craig Cooper R-OH
- Charles Henry Grosvenor R-OH
- James W. Owens D-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Martin Luther Smyser R-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- David B. Brunner D-PA
- Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R-PA
- Myron Benjamin Wright R-PA
- Charles Rollin Buckalew D-PA
- Louis Evans Atkinson R-PA
- Levi Maish D-PA
- Edward Scull R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Warren Otis Arnold R-RI
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore D-TX
- Joseph Draper Sayers D-TX
- Posey Green Lester D-VA
- John Alexander Buchanan D-VA
- John Lockwood Wilson R-WA
- Charles Barwig D-WI
- George H. Brickner D-WI
- William Lyne Wilson D-WV
- John Duffy Alderson D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard Henry Clarke D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- John Van Mcduffie R-AL
- Louis Washington Turpin D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead D-AL
- Lewis Porter Featherstone O-AR
- William Henderson Cate D-AR
- John Jefferson De Haven R-CA
- Thomas Jefferson Clunie D-CA
- William Edgar Simonds R-CT
- Washington Frederick Willcox D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- John Brown Penington D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester D-GA
- Charles Frederick Crisp D-GA
- John David Stewart D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Allen Daniel Candler D-GA
- George Thomas Barnes D-GA
- John Henry Gear R-IA
- David Bremner Henderson R-IA
- Joseph Henry Sweney R-IA
- Edwin Hurd Conger R-IA
- James Patton Flick R-IA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R-IA
- Abner Taylor R-IL
- William Ernest Mason R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Harrison Gest R-IL
- Scott Wike D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- George Washington Fithian D-IL
- Jason Brevoort Brown D-IN
- George William Cooper D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- William Dallas Bynum D-IN
- William Dale Owen R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Shively D-IN
- Edward Hogue Funston R-KS
- Bishop Walden Perkins R-KS
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Samuel Ritter Peters R-KS
- William Johnson Stone D-KY
- William Thomas Ellis D-KY
- Asher Graham Caruth D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Henry Wilson R-KY
- Charles Sturtevant Randall R-MA
- Elijah Adams Morse R-MA
- John Forrester Andrew D-MA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil D-MA
- William Cogswell R-MA
- Frederic Thomas Greenhalge R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Joseph Henry Walker R-MA
- Rodney Wallace R-MA
- Francis Williams Rockwell R-MA
- Charles Hopper Gibson D-MD
- Herman Stump D-MD
- Harry Welles Rusk D-MD
- Barnes Compton D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Charles Addison Boutelle R-ME
- John Logan Chipman D-MI
- James O'Donnell R-MI
- Charles Eugene Belknap R-MI
- Justin Rice Whiting D-MI
- Aaron Thomas Bliss R-MI
- Byron M. Cutcheon R-MI
- Frank Willis Wheeler R-MI
- Solomon Gilman Comstock R-MN
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Charles Harley Mansur D-MO
- Alexander Monroe Dockery D-MO
- John Charles Tarsney D-MO
- Richard Henry Norton D-MO
- Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus R-MO
- Nathan Frank R-MO
- William Joel Stone D-MO
- James Peter Walker D-MO
- Robert Henry Whitelaw D-MO
- John Mills Allen D-MS
- James Bright Morgan D-MS
- Chapman Levy Anderson D-MS
- Henry Plummer Cheatham R-NC
- Charles Washington Mcclammy D-NC
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn D-NC
- John Morehead Brower R-NC
- Alfred Rowland D-NC
- William Henry Harrison Cowles D-NC
- Hamilton Glover Ewart R-NC
- Henry Clay Hansbrough R-ND
- William James Connell R-NE
- James Laird R-NE
- George Washington Emery Dorsey R-NE
- Alonzo Nute R-NH
- Orren Cheney Moore R-NH
- Samuel Fowler D-NJ
- Charles Dyer Beckwith R-NJ
- Herman Lehlbach R-NJ
- Horace Franklin Bartine R-NV
- Felix Campbell D-NY
- John Michael Clancy D-NY
- Thomas Francis Magner D-NY
- Frank Thomas Fitzgerald D-NY
- Edward John Dunphy D-NY
- John Henry Mccarthy D-NY
- Francis Barretto Spinola D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D-NY
- Moses Dunning Stivers R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Charles Junius Knapp R-NY
- John Adam Quackenbush R-NY
- Charles Tracey D-NY
- John Sanford R-NY
- Frederick Lansing R-NY
- David Wilber R-NY
- Thomas Schmeck Flood R-NY
- John Gilbert Sawyer R-NY
- John McCreath Farquhar R-NY
- John McClure Wiley D-NY
- William Grant Laidlaw R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- John Alexander Caldwell R-OH
- Samuel S. Yoder D-OH
- George Ebbert Seney D-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Robert Patterson Kennedy R-OH
- William Elisha Haynes D-OH
- Jacob Joseph Pugsley R-OH
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D-OH
- Charles Preston Wickham R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Binger Hermann R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Richard Vaux D-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Smedley Darlington R-PA
- Robert Morris Yardley R-PA
- Marriott Brosius R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- James Bernard Reilly D-PA
- John Winebrenner Rife R-PA
- Henry Clay Mccormick R-PA
- Samuel Alfred Craig R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Joseph Warren Ray R-PA
- Charles Champlain Townsend R-PA
- William Constantine Culbertson R-PA
- Charles Warren Stone R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- James Kerr D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- James Sproull Cothran D-SC
- William Hayne Perry D-SC
- John James Hemphill D-SC
- George William Dargan D-SC
- Thomas Ezekiel Miller R-SC
- William Elliott D-SC
- Oscar Sherman Gifford R-SD
- Alfred Alexander Taylor R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Henry Clay Evans R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- James Daniel Richardson D-TN
- Joseph Edwin Washington D-TN
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe D-TN
- Rice Alexander Pierce D-TN
- James Phelan D-TN
- Charles Stewart D-TX
- William Harrison Martin D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Silas Hare D-TX
- Joseph (Jo) Abbott D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R-VA
- George Edwin Bowden R-VA
- Edmund Waddill Jr. R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Carrington Venable D-VA
- John Mercer Langston R-VA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds D-VA
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall D-VA
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D-VA
- Henry St. George Tucker D-VA
- John Wolcott Stewart R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Isaac Whitbeck Van Schaick R-WI
- Charles Benjamin Clark R-WI
- Ormsby Brunson Thomas R-WI
- Nils Pederson Haugen R-WI
- Myron Hawley Mccord R-WI
- George Wesley Atkinson R-WV
- John Overton Pendleton D-WV
- Charles Brooks Smith R-WV
- James Monroe Jackson D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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